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Corrosion Inhibitor For Reinforcing Steel In Concrete, Hanan Abdel Aziz Elnouhy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Progresses In The Studies On Electrochemical And Surface Properties Of Hydrogen Storage Alloy Materials, Yong Yang, Jum Li, Zugeng Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Recent progresses in the studies on electrochemical and surface properties of hydrogen storage alloy materials are reviewed. This paper includes three sections: 1) Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of metal hydride electrodes, 2) Effects of micro structure and alloy elements of the materials on the electrochemical properties of the electrodes and 3) Correlation between surface properties of the alloy materials and performance of the negative electrode in the nickel metal hydride batteries.

Studies Of Electrochemical Behaviors Of Cytochrome C On Pretreated Gold Electrode, Jin Luo, Lingling Wu, Shaohua Huang, Zhonghua Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

The quasi reversible responses of both adsorbed and bulk cytochrome c at the pretreated gold electrode are observed. The adsorption behaviors and reaction kinetics have been studied using in situ FTIR spectroscopy, UV/Vis reflection spectroscopy, voltammetry, AC impedance and potential step methods. The results show that the cytochrome c can irreversibly adsorb on the gold surface in a complete monolayer and the adsorbed layer can mediate the redox reaction of the cytochrome c in the solution in the absence of promoter.

Surface Modifications Of Carbon Materials Used As Anode Of Lithium Ion Battery Ⅰ. Influences Of Oxidation And Reduction Pretreatment On Anode Performance, Shuhua Ma, Hanju Guo, Ji Li, Hongze Liang, Xiabin Jing, Fosong Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The influences of the trace oxygen containing functional groups on surface of carbon material on cell performance of carbon anode for lithium ion batteries were studied by means of the pretreament in various oxidant/reductant systems. The results showed that the rich oxygen containing functional groups impaired the cell performance of carbon material anode, and the reduction of these groups in quantity and oxidation degree can increase charge/discharge capacity and improve first charge/discharge efficiency. The reason was also discussed in the light of effects of surface organic groups on decomposition reactivity of electrolyte and formation process of surface passivating film.

The Current Distribution On The Anode Surface Of The Seale Oval Tubular Lead Acid Battery, Renao Gu, Jianlin Yao, Zhengfa Deng, Ru Sun, Liren Wu, Zhongsi Jiang, Wangen Miao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The current distribution on anode surface of sealed lead acid batter under different discharge current and degree was studied by chemical analytical method for the first time. We can conclude that the current distribution is not even. The current density on the edge of the electrode surface and the electrode terminal are bigger than other areas, that is, there are edge effect and terminal effect, and these effect are more obvious when the discharge current is 100 A and degree is 100%.

High Active Platinum Plated Titanium Electrode, Xiufeng Xiao, Zeshan Zhu, Yanzhen Chen, Wenyun Hu

Journal of Electrochemistry

To prepare the adherent and high active platinum plated titanium electrode, ultrasonic agitation technology and the best conditions of electrodeposition were adopted. Ultrasonic agitation technology can be improved the cohesion between coatings and substrate. The activity of electrode has related to the double layer capacity of electrode, which was due to the electrode rugosity.

Electrochemical Studies Of Cyanocobalamin On Silver Electrode, Zhai Jin, Yang Pin, Donghong Zheng, Junwei Zheng, Tianhong Lu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrochemical characteristics of cyanocobalamin were separately studied on smooth and roughed silver electrode. It was found that the reduction of cyanocobalamin is two one electron steps on roughed silver but one two electron step on smooth electrode. The reason is due to the ability of absorption of the surface of electrode.

Quantitative Evaluation Of Electrochemical Properties Of Mh Alloy By Powder Microelectrode, Ronghui Hu, Hanxi Yang, Jingcheng Liu, Shengxian Li, Chuanxin Cha

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper, a quantitative method by use of powder microelectrode combined with cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic step is described for studying the electrochemical performance characteristic of hydrogen storage alloy(MH). Since the powder microelectrode uses only MH powder and has its depth and diameter of several tens of micrometer, the ohmic and concentration ploarization are greatly reduced and the influences of the technical factors in electrode preparation on the material performance are simply eliminated. Thus, with accurate determination of the load quantity of MH alloy in power microelectrode by absorption spectrometric technique, it is feasible to evaluate quickly and quantitatively …

The Preparation Of Heteropoly Compound Polypyrrole Film Modified Electrode And Its Electrochemical Properties, Weiqing Wang, Xiumei Zhang, Long Cheng, Baifeng Liu, Shaojun Dong

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electronically conducting polypyrrole doped with heteropolyanions K₁₀H₃[Nd(SiMo₇W₄)₂]·xH₂O(denoted as [Nd(SiMo₇W₄)₂]^13-) was synthesized by electrochemical polymerization. This modified electrode maintains the electrochemical and electrocatalytic properties of heteropolyanion, with having good stability and electrocatalytic activity on the reduction of nitric oxide in acidic aqueous solution.

Comparison Of The Charge/Discharge Charasteristics Between Ni-Cd And Ni-Mh Battery And Its Improvement Of Manufacture Technique, Yumimg Wang, Jinsheng Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Based on the difference of charge discharge charasteristies between Ni-Cd and Ni-MH battery, some appropriate manufacture technoque to improve the battery performances or to extend its service life are adopted.

Arts, Computers And Artificial Intelligence, Sol Neeman Ph.D.

Engineering Studies Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Science and art seem to belong to different cultures. Science and technology, mainly the products of the intellect, use terminology and vocabulary that are concise and well defined. In contrast, in artistic expression, ambiguity is a powerful component. Still the relationship between these two different categories of human activity is interesting and fascinating. In this paper, a general comparison of these two disciplines will be introduced. Then the possibility of mechanical creation of art using computers and artificial intelligence will be discussed. This will be followed by two techniques which are used to create poetry and music. First, a statistical …

Wear And Friction Behavior Of Metal Impregnated Microporous Carbon Composites, Gultekin Goller, D. P. Koty, Surendra N. Tewari, M. Singh, A. Tekin

Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications

Metal-matrix composites have been prepared by pressure-infiltration casting of copper-base alloy melts into microporous carbon preforms. The carbon preforms contained varying proportions of amorphous carbon and graphite. Load dependence of the wear and friction behavior of the composite pins has been examined under ambient conditions against cast-iron plates, using a pin-on-plate reciprocating wear tester. The wear resistance of the composite is significantly improved, as compared with the base alloy. Contrary to the normally expected behavior, the addition of graphite to the amorphous carbon does not reduce the friction coefficient, especially at high loads. The wear and friction behavior of the …

Effect Of Lamellar Microstructure On The Permeability Of Polyethylene Films, Yufu Li

Theses

Lamellar microstructures can decrease the permeability to gases and vapors by increasing the diffusive path in plastic films, or the so-called "tortuosity" which depends on the aspect ratio, orientation, and the volume fraction of the dispersed material. In this research, different types and percentages of mica with relatively high aspect ratio are used as oxygen barrier materials in blown films. Both high and low density polyethylenes (HDPE and LDPE), as well as their blends are used as the matrix materials.

A decrease in permeability of both LDPE and HDPE films to oxygen is achieved with increasing volume fraction of the …

Fabrication Of Integrated Optic Sensor To Monitor Pollutant Concentration In Effluents, Kiran Chatty

Theses

An attempt has been made to fabricate an integrated optic sensor to monitor pollutant concentration in effluents. Optic fiber has to be coupled to the waveguide in order to send light through the waveguide. In order to facilitate the easy coupling of the fiber to the waveguide, V-grooves were formed in the silicon substrate. In order to achieve this Silicon nitride was deposited to serve as an etch mask. An attempt was made to obtain low stress silicon nitride films.

This work also attempted to synthesize the materials required to fabricate the waveguide. LPCVD processes were developed to produce undoped …

Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Of Silicon Dioxide And Phosphosilicate Glass Thin Films, Vijayalakshmi Venkatesan

Theses

Silicon dioxide thin films were synthesized on silicon and quartz wafers using Ditertiarybutylsilane(DTBS) and oxygen as precursors. Trimethylphosphite (TMP) was injected to obtain phosphosilicate glass. The films were processed at different temperatures between 700°C and 850°C at a constant pressure, and at different flow ratios of the precursors. The films deposited were uniform, amorphous and the composition of the films varied with deposition temperature and precursor flow ratios. The deposition rate increased with increasing temperature and with increasing TMP flow rate. The stresses were very low tensile in the case of undoped silicon dioxide film and tended towards being less …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Silicon Dioxide Thin Films By Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Ditertiarybutylsilane And Oxygen, Sung-Jun Lee

Theses

This study is focused on the synthesis and characterization of silicon dioxide thin films deposited on silicon wafers by Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD), using ditertiarybutylsilane (DTBS) as a precursor and oxygen as the oxidant. The dependence of film growth rate on various process parameters were studied. The growth rate was found to follow an Arrhenius curve with the variation in the temperature with an activation energy of 12.6 kcal/mol. The growth rate was found to be inversely proportional to the temperature in the range 550-750 °C. The refractive index and density were observed to be close to 1.47 …

Dynamics And Control Of A Three Dimensional Gantry Crane With Cable Flexibility, Uchendu H. Eke

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The control of payload swing in industrial gantry cranes is a topic of widespread interest. In this thesis, the control of the swing of a payload idealized by a point mass assumption is investigated utilizing s, compact robotics matrix/vector representation of the dynamical model. In this form, this particular system can be viewed as sn underactuated manipulator with equal numbers of active and passive degrees of freedom. The full three dimensional model is developed and linearized by modelling the cable as a single thread of fiexible wire and the degree of dynamic coupling between the active and passive coordinates is …

Development And Experimental Verification Of A Finite Element Model For Ptc Panel Thermal Analysis, Hamid Sayar

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The Pyramidal Truss Core (PTC) panel is a new structural concept being used in applications requiring a high strength to weight ratio. This study is concerned with investigating the thermal characteristics of the PTC panels. In this regard, the focus of the analysis was to develop an accurate finite element model of PTC panels for thermal analysis. The resulting model included radiation mode of heat transfer as the dominant means of the heat transfer while neglecting the influence of heat transfer through natural convection. The accuracy of the developed model was verified by comparison of the finite element results with …

An Esr Study Of Free Radicals In Electroreduction Process Of Allyl Alcohol, Jindong Zhang, Yafei Kuang, Shukun Huang, Naixian Xie, Fengzhen Wang, Dewen Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electrochemical-ESR technique with spin trap phenyl-t-butyl nitrone(PBN)was used to study the intermediates of electroreduction of allyl alcohol at platinized platinum electrode in acidic alcohol-aqua solution. Hydrogen and allyl group and(or)propyl group radicals were identified by a hyperfine spectrum of the radical adducts, and that provided a direct evidence for the presence of these radicals in the electroreduction of allyl alcohol.

A Study On Solid Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell, Hongfeng Xu, Ming Han, Baolian Yi, Xinge Zhang, Shanhai Ge

Journal of Electrochemistry

Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell (SPEFC) show promise of a high level of performance in the present fuel cell. In this paper, we report the method of SPEFC electrode preparation,and the effects of temperature, pressure and gas flow rate on the performance.

Improvement Of The Anti-Interference Characteristics Of God Electrode By Using The Powder Microelectrode Technique, Chen Jian, Chuansin Cha

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrochemical behavior of ascorbic acid(AA), uric acid(UA), L-cystein(L-Cys) and acetaminophen (APAP), i.e. The main interference to the GOD electrode, were studied at the Pt,GC and powder microelectrode. Experimental results indicated that, due to the electrochemical activity of these interference, it is difficult to eliminate their interference effects by manipulation of electrode materials or working potential of the GOD electrode. However, it was found that the limiting curtents at the KB electrode are mainly controlled by mass transfer in liquid phase, so it is only related to the geometer size of the electrode, not its real surface area. Therefore, it …

The Effect Of Co On The Proton Diffusion Coefficient For The Ni(Oh)2 Electrodes, Xiaoyan Cao, Zuoxiang Zhou, Huatang Yuan, Yunshi Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The diffusion coefficients of protons moving in the Ni(OH)₂ electrodes have being investigated by constant current, cyclic voltammetry and potential step technineques. The electrodes were prepared by cathodic deposition and their active material contained 0～53% cobalt. It was found that the diffusion coefficients are about 10^-9～10^-10 cm²/s during charging and about 10^-11 cm²/s during discharging. Moreover the value increases with the increacing content of Co in the electrodes. During the calculation, the relevant fomulars were modified especially the wrong fomular for constant current methode.

Electrochemical Study Of The Corrosion Behavior Of Coalesced Copper And Sw-206 Stainless Steel In The Acetic-Acid Solution, Rongzong Hu, Changjian Lin, Jianguang Tan, Zhanmei Sun, Xueqin Wu, Biao Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

In order to provide a theoretic and experimental consideration for the material selection and anit-corrosion in the petrochemical industries the corrosion behavior of coalesced copper and sw-206 stainless steel in the acetic acid solution was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and polarization techniques. The effects of the temperature, acetic acid concentration and solubilized oxygen in the acetic acid solution on the corrosion process of this two metals were analyzed. It was found that these effects obviously accelerate corrosion process for the coalesced copper, but no apparent influnce for the sw-206 stainless steel.In the the acetic acid solution, containing water and …

A Study On Electrochemical Oxidation Of Reduced Nicotinamide Coenzyme Nadh In Organic Media, Fangzu Yang, Huihuang Wu, Shukai Xu, Shaomin Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

The behaviour of electrochemical oxidation of the reduced nicotinamide coenzyme NADH on glassy carbon was studied and some kinetic parameters were measured by means of voltammometry in the N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and 1,4-dioxane media respectively. The eletrochemical oxidation of NADH shows completely irriversable both in the two solvents,and the diagnostic experiments support that the process involves a fast chemical step.The oxidation rate and the diffusion coefficient of NADH in DMP are smaller than those in 1,4-dioxane, but the response current is more stable in DMF. The experimental results are discussed by solvent effects.

A Preliminary Study Of Electrochemically Amplified Measurement Of Gold Electrodeposition, Bingwei Mao, Caihui Shi, Xiaoqin Li, Lihua Xiong

Journal of Electrochemistry

Gold electrodeposition onto a glassy carbon microelectrode is studied using an electrochemical amplification method. Taking the advantage that the electrochemical reduction of K₂Cr₂O₇ has significantly higher reaction activity on gold electrode than carbon electrode, it is tentatively used to amplify the gold electrodeposition current. The results show that there is a marked increase in current of gold electrodeposition in presence of K₂Cr₂O₇ in comparison with that absent of K₂Cr₂O₇.The electrochemical amplification method can be applied to study the electrodeposition of very in intial stage …

Studies On The Charge And Discharge Reaction Of Li/Lini0.3Co0.7O2 Battery, Fupjng Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The charge and discharge reaction of Li/LiNi_0.3Co_0.7O₂ battery have been studied by using CV,CT,XRD and GCP. It is shown that the discharge capacity of the cell reaches 120-140 mA·h·g^-1 in the 4.30-3.00 V in 1 mol/L LiClO₄/PC electrolyte system. The discharge mechanism involve a two-step Li⁺ intercalation reaction. The thermodynamic data such as ΔG,ΔS, ΔH, of the reaction are given. Furthermore, the changes of the D or σ_i of Li⁺ with its composition have been discussed.

Surface Raman Spectra Obtained From Various Electrodeposited Transidon Metals, Jingsong Gao, Bin Ren, Qunjian Huang, Zhongqun Tian

Journal of Electrochemistry

Good quality potential-dependent surface Raman spectra of pyridine were obtained for the first time from a series of transition metals, e. g., Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd and Pt, which were electrodeposited on non-SERS-active substrates. The influences of the applied potential and the nature of metal on the adsorption behaviors were discussed briefly. This result illustrates that Raman spectroscopy is becoming a more general and powerful tool to study various electrochemical interfaces.

Electrodeposition Of Cu-Co Multilayer Thin Films, Jiangyun Xue, Jixun Wu, Dejun Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

A method has been developed to produce Cu-Co Multilayer from a single electrolyte by electrodeposition. The effects of the concentration of copper ions, current density and the speed of rotation were investigated, and the Cu-Co electrodeposition films were analysed by TEM, AES and X-ray diffraction. The results indicated that the film was alternating pure copper and coppercobalt alloy layers. If the content of copper in cobalt layer is to be small, the concentration of its ions in solution must be small and the rotation speed must be low.

Study On The Growth Process Of Lead Dioxide On Lead-Antimony Electrodes By Impedance Tracing Method, Guolin Wei, Hongxin Yang, Jiarong Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The growth process of PbO₂ formed by the oxidation of PbSO₄ in the anodic film on lead-(1,3,5,7)wt% antimony electrodes was investigated with impedance tracing method of single frequency and the current-time transient method. The influence of antimony on this process was studied.The simulation curves obtained for capacity-time transients fit the experimental results very well. It has been shown that the mentioned growth process is a two-dimentional instantaneous nucleation and growth process. Antimony will inhibit the growth of PbO₂ nucleus but enhance its nucleation.

Progressive Failure Analysis Methodology For Laminated Composite Structures, David Wayne Sleight

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

A progressive failure analysis model has been developed for predicting the nonlinear response and failure of laminated composite structures. The progressive failure analysis uses C¹ plate and shell elements based on classical lamination theory to calculate the in-plane stresses. Several failure criteria, including the maximum strain criterion, Hashin's criterion, and Christensen's criterion, are used to predict the failure mechanisms and several options are available to degrade the material properties after failures. The progressive failure analysis model is implemented in COMET and can predict the damage and response of a laminated composite structures from initial loading to final failure.